Love the shot glass idea. I'm officially on day 1 and while retrieving my oil shot glass, I spilled all the toothpicks within and had to play pick up sticks all over the K floor. Great time killer - I forgot to think of snacking for those few minutes. Any other suggestions to get me thru day 1 :) Keep the suggestions coming!!

The oatmeal makes great muffins! Check the recipe threads!
I don't think I ever ate it plain

Thank you for the tip. I have definitely been overdoing the oil! At least i have been losing weight this week, or i would be really upset with myself. For some reason i had it in my head that the 1-2 tsp was a minimum. I don't really know why. :dizzy:

I found the Mix'n'in the Kitchen link on another thread and "wow" she has so many great recipes! I found one where she made IP mayo...and mayo is my weakness!

So tonight I made a chicken salad for dinner and it was delicious! I mixed 4 oz. of chopped chicken breast ( used canned and it had no fat or sugar ) and chopped up 2 hard boiled eggs, then I chopped dill pickle, celery, yellow sweet pepper, and cucumber really small and put them together in a measuring cup until the veggies added up to a cup. Then for my other cup of veggies I measured 1 cup of fresh spinach. I also added a cup of chopped iceberg lettuce.

I made the mayo recipe and used 3 tsp. on my chicken salad. It was a lot of salad, so I mixed and mixed it with a fork until it was well incorporated. I salted the salad too but didn't use an entire 1/8 tsp of sea salt, since the mayo had some.

I usually would not like a salad like this, but I have found that things like this are delicious to me now, only after a week on IP. The taste was so yummy that I am going to make this again sometime. My husband even liked it.

Just wanted to share. I know we are all used to cooking or preparing food a certain way, and I love finding new good things to eat! :carrot:

OK everyone, I had my 2nd WI on Monday night and was down 4 pounds! That makes 11 in 2 weeks, I am so excited! And now that I am in the swing of things I am finding the diet to come so naturally. Even my family is eating better because of it.

Just so you know I am chewing 2 pieces of sugarfree gum a day- one after breakfast and one after lunch. It really helps me. My coach said in some people it came make them hungry cause their body starts digestion process once they start chewing, but since it hasn't affected me he said it is OK.

Hope next Tuesday I will have more good results, I am getting my willpower ready for the long weekend!

I really love the bars for breakfast. I do a peanut butter one or a lemon poppyseed one with my coffee.

Or I will do a chocolate drink mixed in with my coffee for breakfast, then have a bar or soup for lunch.

Can you tell me what brand of gum you are chewing? I miss my gum so much! All the gum i find has aspertame. :(

You must be on cloud nine! Congratulations! That is so awesome! :carrot:

My first official WI is tomorrow. My clinic does the first one at 10 days and then weekly after that. I am so anxious to see my numbers. I weighed myself a few times at home, but don't know how my scale compares to theirs.

I know this question wasn't directed at me, but I chew Spry gum. I find it at health food stores, like Sprouts or Whole Foods, and I've read you can get it from some dentists or online. I pay $.99 a pack, so it's about the cost of any other sugarless gums I used to buy. It has xylitol, which is great for our teeth but toxic to dogs, so I keep it up high on a shelf or zipped up in my purse (just in case). I also use Listerine strips. Check ingredients carefully, because the store brands sometimes have aspartame.

Hi all. Just started IP on May 13. I have a total of 33 lbs I want to lose. My first weigh in was yesterday and went well. 7.6 lbs and 5 inches. I am here for support as I'm not very pleased with my clinic. My coach hasn't a clue about overweight issues. On my first visit she mentioned being on the diet. I asked a couple of questions and learned it was for one week. I'm sure that was mandatory to sell the product. I seem to be opposite from most. My first three days were fine then the next 4 were really hard. I'm starving. I have not cheated, followed the protocol precisely, drink at least 12 cups of water daily, have only missed a supplement at one meal. This is day 9. Does this pass?

I use Cinnamon Trident, it's sweetened with sucralose!

I was ready to chew my own arm off for the first few weeks. I remember dishing out my cat's food one day and thinking, "gee, this actually smells really GOOD", and bringing it up to my nose for another wonderful whiff. A clear indication I was hungry, because the smell of my cat's food normally gives me the dry heaves.

But then, on day 22, something changed. I wasn't hungry anymore. I wasn't counting the minutes between meals. I wasn't picturing my cat covered in BBQ sauce. I think some of us are just slow to get there.

It might help you to have half of your meat protein with your lunch, and divide your snack in half to eat between meals. I often do both around TOM when the hungries sometimes come back.

Remember too that if you're exercising you need to eat an extra packet.

But whatever you do, don't give up WBurns. You are doing so well and it WILL get better!!

Hi all, I'm fairly new as well. I started IP in the fall and withing 3 weeks the office closed as the owner had cancer and closed the office. I just started again and went to my first weigh in. I lost 3.7 pounds and was down 2inches. I'm so happy to have found this sight and for a couple of days I was a lurker, now I'm so ready to lose this weight and feel better. I'm glad that I have a site to make new friends and we can do this together.

Thank you!

Thank you!